I've started a new thread, as the other basically deals with discussions of last yeas Oscars and movies, so anyone new to the thread will leave if not jumping to the end. Here is this years list (actually 2002 not 2003 I guess). Let the discussion begin'

On February 11, 2003, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for the 75th Annual Academy Awards. And the nominees are...

If "Lose Yourself" wins... well that's it folks. No more Oscars for Adam.

Why in gods name is Catch Me if You Can only nominated twice? And for music? The intro music was great but nothing really stood out for me for the rest of the movie. AotC had better music...

If you cut Two Tower out of the best picture category and paste Catch Me if You Can I'd feel a lot better. TTT was a good movie but in now way deserving a best picture nomination..

2-1B

02-12-2003, 02:21 AM

Originally posted by JediTricks
Ugh, that just forced a phrase into my head that made me cringe...

"Oscar-nominated Eminem"

I hope the Yellow Peanut M&M wins! :crazed:

But the Blue Plain would be a deserving winner too.

I'm honestly pulling for "Lose Yourself" to win, I like that song. I'm so glad "Hero" by Nickelback Guy was not nominated - that song is pure trash. :dead:

Kidhuman

02-12-2003, 09:03 AM

I can not understand how two movies didn't get nominated for best picture. One is Spiderman. It was the biggest hit in the summer, drew the most money and was a darn good movie. The other is My Big Fat Greek Wedding. The movie was in theatres for almost a year(10 months). I think that should say something about the movie. I saw it and thought it was pretty funny and good.

icatch9

02-12-2003, 10:43 AM

I don't know that much about Oscars or Hollywood. I do know that just becasue a movie is popular or makes a lot of money it doesn't make it good. Therfor a good movie doesn't have to make a lot of money or be very popular.

I agree that it seems that Greek Wedding should have been nominated. Clearly a Titianic like run in the theaters desrves a little respect. Still, Scream was in the theaters for a long time too, plus it got released agin to theaters. I liked Scream, but didn't think it deserved an Oscar nod. Same is probally the case for Spiderman and Greek Wedding.

Catch me if you Can was an amazing movie. It probally was on the long list of possible contenders for Oscar, but as with every year someone/some movie gets snubbed. The music was amazing for Catch Me. A brilliant job by John Williams, and very much away from his "bread and Butter" (traditional classical music i.e Star Wars, Indy, JP).

I am disapointed with this years Oscar nods. It seems to me if you weren't in Chicago, The Hours, or The Pianist (heheheh) you didn't get nominated. Now I haven't sceen any of these movies, so I will not judge them. Still I hate it when the academy latches on to a couple of movies and nominates the hell out them.

The winner for best supporting actress.....the third dancer from the left in sceen 34 of Chicago!

stillakid

02-12-2003, 10:47 AM

One glaring omission from Best Actor category is Matthew Lillard for his dead-on portrayal of Shaggy in the Scooby Doo movie. You know, because one should be able to assume that the "best actor" award goes to someone who is, you know, acting. Generally though, that award just goes to some stuffy "serious" actor who is just playing some rendition of themselves.

But as the Oscars are generally the time for Hollywood to show off just how much they support the artistic side of things as opposed to just churning out product (despite the fact that no big studio is very apt to actually finance the true indies), poor Matthew will have to watch from home just like the rest of us.

mrmiller

02-13-2003, 10:01 AM

Originally posted by icatch9
I don't know that much about Oscars or Hollywood. I do know that just becasue a movie is popular or makes a lot of money it doesn't make it good. Therfor a good movie doesn't have to make a lot of money or be very popular.

That's the thing about the Oscars. Sometimes they go for the Artistic and sometimes they go for Success. You never know who is going to win.